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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Wicked Willow II: Shattered Twilight’ (2004) (Book review)

“Wicked Willow II: Shattered Twilight” (July 2004), the middle chapter of Yvonne Navarro’s trilogy, doesn’t have a lot of plot to it, but – part

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‘Varsity Blues’ (1999) smartly parodies teen sports flicks

I recall that the theater was packed with an enthusiastic crowd for “Varsity Blues” in January 1999. Not that it was a huge movie –

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‘Angel & Faith’ flashback: Season 9, Issues 1-10 (2011-12) (Comic book reviews)

As with “Buffy” Season 9, “Angel & Faith” Season 9 gets off to a great start from the pen of a rookie Buffyverse writer. Christos

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Mamet keeps us guessing in ‘Spartan’ (2004)

“Spartan” (2004) lacks the usual crisp screenplay of David Mamet, who also directs, but its lack of laser-focus might be part of the point here.

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Wicked Willow I: The Darkening’ (2004) (Book review)

Yvonne Navarro expands on the Dark Willow period of Season 6 in her “Wicked Willow” trilogy by asking “What if Willow had been evil for

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Despite being from her point of view, ‘Summer ’03’ keeps teen’s world at a timid distance (Movie review)

“Summer ’03” (2018) had the misfortune of coming out the same year as “Eighth Grade,” which showed new blood can be wrung from the stone

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‘The Black Dahlia’ (2006) gets explored as a comedy

“The Black Dahlia” (2006) starts comedically, with cops Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) and Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) in a boxing match to raise public support

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Kiersten White introduces us to our new favorite ‘Slayer’ as the ‘Buffy’ novels return after 11 years (Book review)

In 2008 when the “Buffy” book line was canceled, author Yvonne Navarro lamented to SlayerLit: “Dangling out there is a golden opportunity based on the

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‘Buffy’ flashback: Season 9, Issues 21-25 (2013) and special issues (2011-13) (Comic book reviews)

Writer Andrew Chambliss and artist Georges Jeanty stick the landing to conclude the character-driven yet suitably epic “Buffy” Season 9 with the five-issue “The Core.”

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‘Heist’ (2001) boasts intricate plotting, lovable criminals

“Heist” (2001) had the misfortune of being a crime film – and one with an airplane heist in its plot — coming out in the

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